Thursday, December 15, 2011

Civilian action too much?

There's a viral video circulating around of a civilian getting thrown off the train in the UK by another civilian.  Maybe you all have seen/ heard of it.  It's got over 1 million views on Youtube.  I've read a few responses to the incident, but I really wanted to know what the victim had to say.

He looks like he was on the wrong side of a bruiser, if you ask me.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/offbeat/ticket-furore-man-paid-his-fare-16090995.html?r=RSS/

3 comments:

  1. It is awful that, that man gets applauded after what he did. I'm sure there was a better way than physically assaulting someone. I might be buying into the victims story too much, but there had to be a way to see if he was lying about buying a ticket. I think this is just appalling.

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  2. It was viewed in the same vein as a citizen's arrest. He was playing the vigilante, and the public loves heroes

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  3. I just saw a clip of this same sort of thing happening on bus in London. A man and a woman were fighting over race and the man pushed the woman off of the bus. (granted the woman was being a butt head and totally insulting the guy, but still...better ways to get a point across)

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